V. Dolique

Mirrors used in the LIGO interferometers for first detection of gravitational waves

For the first time, direct detection of gravitational waves occurred in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) interferometers. These advanced detectors require large fused silica mirrors with optical and mechanical properties and have never been reached until now. This paper details the main achievements of these ion beam sputtering coatings.

Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts during the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run and Implications for the Origin of GRB 150906B

We present the results of the search for gravitational waves (GWs) associated with γ-ray bursts detected during the first observing run of the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). We find no evidence of a GW signal for any of the 41 γ-ray bursts for which LIGO data are available with sufficient duration. For all γ-ray bursts, we place lower bounds on the distance to the source using the optimistic assumption that GWs with an energy of

Mechanical loss in state-of-the-art amorphous optical coatings

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Measurements of mechanical thermal noise and energy dissipation in optical dielectric coatings

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Free-space cavity optomechanics in a cryogenic environment

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High-Reflection Coatings for Gravitational-Wave Detectors: State of The Art and Future Developments

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A new method of probing mechanical losses of coatings at cryogenic temperatures

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Impact of coatings on the quality factor of a quartz crystal resonator at liquid helium temperature

Hz band, and we find a median 90% confidence limit of 71 Mpc at 150 Hz. For the subset of 19 short/hard γ-ray bursts, we place lower bounds on distance with a median 90% confidence limit of 90 Mpc for binary neutron star (BNS) coalescences, and 150 and 139 Mpc for neutron star–black hole coalescences with spins aligned to the orbital angular momentum and in a generic configuration, respectively. These are the highest distance limits ever achieved by GW searches. We also discuss in detail the results of the search for GWs associated with GRB 150906B, an event that was localized by the InterPlanetary Network near the local galaxy NGC 3313, which is at a luminosity distance of

Thermal noise measurements on micro-cantilevers coated with dielectric materials

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Ni-YSZ films deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering for SOFC applications

Mpc (z = 0.0124). Assuming the γ-ray emission is beamed with a jet half-opening angle